If you were to ask anyone whether they want a blessed life, the answer would almost certainly be yes. Who wants a life filled with confusion, suffering, and hardship? Most people would say that they want a life filled with fruitfulness, prosperity, happiness, and blessing. The Bible, however, is not against human happiness or blessedness. In fact, one of the purposes of the book of Psalms is to lead us toward a truly blessed life.
How does total depravity relate to the glory of God? Total depravity is not just a condition where we become by nature disobedient to God. Rather it is also the condition of having lost God's glorious design for humanity, that is to glorify God by enjoying him forever.
The world wants to dictate who we are based on the things we have, our physical appearances, the people we're with, religious and political affiliations and more. But God alone in his word gets to define who we are as part of the old creation, but specially of the new creation.
